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Belknap County Sheriff seeks state highway-safety overtime grant and may pre-authorize bulletproof vest application
Summary
Sheriff Wright asked commissioners for approval to apply for a FY2026 New Hampshire Highway Safety overtime grant, discussed a matched equipment purchase and asked for pre-authorization to apply quickly for a bulletproof vest grant if it opens.
Sheriff Wright told the Belknap County Board of Commissioners that New Hampshire Highway Safety offered an overtime grant of $14,700 for FY2026 and asked the board for permission to apply.
The sheriff said overtime funded by the grant would be used for traffic-safety enforcement and that the grant includes a 75/25 match for equipment purchases; he proposed applying for a ProLaser 4 LIDAR unit priced at $2,950 with a county match of $737.50. He told the board he could cover the equipment match from the drug forfeiture fund if necessary.
“If we get the $2,900 piece of equipment for,…
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